THURSDAY, 1.45PM:
SOUTH Africa played India to a crushing 5-0 defeat in the tri-nations women’s hockey match in Pietermaritzburg on Wednesday night.
South Africa dominated the match from the opening whistle — despite Indian coach Balbir Singh’s complaints over biased umpiring after the match — notching up a decisive corner count of 9-3.
During the first 30 minutes it was all India could do to hold off the relentless South African attack, but a goal by Susan Wessels in the second half broke the deadlock and unleashed a flood of South African goals. South African coach Boudewijn Castelijn said the tournament is being used as a training exercise for the World Cup in Holland later this year.
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